Chapter 279 Thorny Rose (36)
Chapter 279 Thorny Rose (36)
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Song Yi was dragged by Yan Zhen to a local temple to offer incense and pray for blessings.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, at Yan Zhen's request, Song Yi went to the aquarium with her.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Song Yi accompanied Yan Zhen to the amusement park.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Yan Zhen suggested that he go back to Wang Jianchun's home.
Song Yi, who doesn't usually go out often, has recently been dragged out by Yan Zhen every day, spending the whole day playing outside, leaving him completely exhausted.
Upon hearing that Yan Zhen was going back to Wang Jianchun's house, he subconsciously assumed it was another outing and casually replied, "Okay." Then he realized, "What are you going to Wang Jianchun's house for?"
"Get your household registration booklet," Yan Zhen said. "It'll be time to register for school in a couple of days."
Upon hearing this, Song Yi felt that something was amiss.
Yan Zhen said to himself, "Wang Jianchun should be going back to work tomorrow. He's not home, so this is the best time to pick up the household registration book. Otherwise, if we run into each other, there will inevitably be a huge fight."
Song Yi belatedly realized what was happening: "No, when did I say you could go back to school?"
Yan Zhen looked surprised and asked, "Can't I go back to school?"
Song Yi was stunned by her self-righteous attitude.
"Didn't you say that if I behaved well, I could go back to school after the New Year?" Yan Zhen said. "Didn't I listen to you?"
Song Yi: "...I heard it."
"So, did I disobey you?"
"……No."
"Wasn't I good enough?"
"..." Song Yi quickly made a 'stop' gesture, his mind clearing up, and he sneered, "So you've been taking me out to play so often lately to desensitize me."
Let him get used to her routine of going out, leave him with the impression that she won't run away when she goes out, lower his guard, and then gradually push his bottom line to take control of the situation.
She seemed obedient, but in reality, she was leading her by the nose the whole time.
This woman is so scheming!
Having seen through Yan Zhen's scheme, Song Yi immediately snapped like a provoked dog, "Are you training a dog?! I'm warning you, I absolutely..."
"Alright," Yan Zhen interrupted him, calmly asking, "Haven't you had fun these past few days?"
Song Yi: "..."
"You're having fun, and I'm relaxed being around you. Isn't this a good way of being together?" Yan Zhen coaxed gently. "Do you want me locked up in the Song family home, to be cold and sarcastic to you every day, and to have a fight with you every now and then?"
Song Yi: "..."
"Sweetie, stop reading those mindless angst novels. We won't do anything that's just for the sake of angst." Yan Zhen patted his head, then remembered something else. "By the way, Wang Jianchun won't be paying my tuition anymore. I didn't earn much money during the winter break, so you'll have to pay my tuition for the new semester."
Song Yi was taken aback.
She asked him to pay her tuition.
She will continue her studies at Bihai High School after paying the tuition.
With her student registration here, she wouldn't even think about running away.
Does her not running away prove that she wants to stay by his side?
Ah... she's already trying to accept him.
Thinking of this, Song Yi became happy: "Okay."
Accompanied by Song Yi, Yan Zhen went to Wang Jianchun's house.
Wang Jianchun indeed went back to work, and no one was home.
Yan Zhen found the household registration booklet, but instead of leaving, he turned on his phone's video recording function and filmed every room in the house.
Song Yi was leaning against the door waiting for her. Seeing this, he asked, "What are you doing?"
Yan Zhen casually said, "Qi Su said he wanted a video of the internal structure of Wang Jianchun's house, so I filmed it and sent it to him."
Upon hearing Qi Su's name, Song Yi became alert: "What does he want this for?"
I'll tell you later.
Yan Zhen spent a few minutes taking pictures of every corner before putting away his phone: "Let's go."
After leaving the residential area and getting into the car, Song Yi stared intently at Yan Zhen, his face practically screaming "I need to explain!"
Yan Zhen said helplessly, "This is a long story... Qi Su is helping me investigate my mother's disappearance."
Song Yi paused: "Your mother is missing?"
Yan Zhen recounted Lin Chan's disappearance nine years ago: "Qi Su and I suspect that Wang Jianchun killed my mother, but too much time has passed and many traces have been lost. Now we can only try to find my mother's remains, as this is the only way to prove that Wang Jianchun committed the murder."
Song Yi frowned: "Why did you tell Qi Su about something so important, but not me?"
“I didn’t tell you before because I was afraid of scaring you,” Yan Zhen said. “I can’t let a young girl like you accompany me to look for corpses everywhere.”
Song Yi seemed to accept this explanation. He took Yan Zhen's phone and deleted the video she had just taken: "I will have someone investigate this matter. You don't need to ask Qi Su for help anymore."
He acted too quickly, and Yan Zhen didn't have time to stop him. When she saw the video had been deleted, she said with dissatisfaction, "How do you plan to investigate?"
"I have my own way, and I'll give you a satisfactory answer," Song Yi said. "Don't look for Qi Su anymore, okay?"
Yan Zhen didn't answer, but just frowned and looked at him unhappily.
Under her gaze, Song Yi's imposing manner weakened. He explained in a low voice, "I... I'm doing this for Qi Su's own good. Qi Su is just a high school student. What can he do? What if Wang Jianchun finds out he's investigating your mother and kills him? Wouldn't that be harming him?"
Yan Zhen almost laughed in anger upon hearing this.
During this period, she persuaded Song Yi to go out with her time and time again by using the psychological suggestion method of "starting from the other party's interests and persuading the other party to work for her".
Song Yi, on the other hand, saw through her plan and immediately adopted her method for his own use.
But it must be said, she was persuaded.
If Song Yiken were to help with the investigation, the chances of success would be much higher than with Qi Su.
And he's right, it's risky for Qi Su to go on an investigation alone.
“Alright, I’ll have Qi Su suspend the investigation,” Yan Zhen said. “As for you, I won’t force you to investigate whether you can find anything out. After all, so much time has passed, and the investigation will be very difficult. But I hope you won’t touch any of my friends, including Qi Su. That’s my bottom line, understand?”
Song Yi hesitated for a moment, then obediently nodded: "Okay."
Back at the Song family home, the family doctor was waiting in the living room—the doctor had been coming to check on Song Yi every day recently.
Yan Zhen didn't know if Song Yi was preparing for gender reassignment surgery, but she couldn't persuade him otherwise, so she simply stopped asking about it.
As soon as the doctor saw them return, he immediately stood up and took out a file folder from his bag: "The blood test results from the day before yesterday are in. The medication reduction is working better than expected. You can stop taking the medication starting today."
Song Yi nodded: "Let's put the things there and go to the medical room first."
"Ok."
The doctor placed the file bag on the coffee table in the living room and left with Song Yi.
Stop taking the medication?
What medicine was Song Yi taking before?
Yan Zhen opened the medical report with a puzzled look in his eyes.
As soon as the report was pulled out, Yan Zhen immediately noticed the information panel at the top.
Name: Song Yi.
Age: 16 years old.
Sex: Male.
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